Ferry Across The Solent!

Advantages: Reliable and quick.
Disadvantages: The price is a variant!

...place to muck about and cause the teachers a serious headache in exercises of controlling ones temper. Inside the two deck lounge there are fruit machines as well as quiz machines to play. There are two shops that sell everything from Newspapers to Beer and are well stocked up at all times. The shops reminded me of a Motorway Service Station as a range of Wightlink items were available to purchase, although I have to say that I was surprised that a vast range of alcohol is actually sold considering this was a car ferry, needless to say that I didn't see many people buying any beers or wine at all. The overall condition of the ferry was clean; the toilets were clean as was the lounge area. The railings on the sun deck had a few rust patches, but considering these were exposed to the elements all the time then it wasn't really surprising...

Timbo3107 24.05.2009 · Read review
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Ferris Holidays Review

Advantages: Cheap. Affordable.
Disadvantages: Journey - but you get what you pay for.

...Ferris Holidays are a coach holiday company who specialise, mainly, travelling down to the southern coast of Spain. The Costa Brava. If you are looking for a cheap 5 star hotel holiday deal, you've come to the wrong place. But Ferris Holidays do offer the cheapest enjoyable holidays you can find. Believe me. Ferris Holidays have a fleet of today-modern coaches which the option of Platinum or normal-Executive. With the Platinum travel you have to pay £15 extra per person but it's well worth the money as the extra leg room and extra reclining seats cater well for sleeping. No, the seats don't recline 90 degrees as a posed to a normal bed but they do recline enough. There are toilet facilities on board the coach but due to lack of service stops allowing drivers to empty the toilet, drivers ask passengers to take full advantage...

Greeny1980G 13.09.2008 (20.09.2009) · Read review
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Ferry of success

Advantages: good value for money, clean easy to book and relaxing atmosphere
Disadvantages: i cant think of any

...Norfolk Ferries This is the first time i have used Norfolk Ferries as previously i have only used P&O ferries from Dover to Calais but in this occasion i was going from Dover to Dunkerque, 2 hours long. Norfolk as i know have been around for about 4 years and we came across them online as the cheapest deal. The website was really easy to use and we booked the same morning as our trip. I thought the price of £40 for a return trip journey for 2 people and a car was pretty good. Well condsidering prices of other ways eg- Euro Tunnel this was a cheap opition. We decided to travel in the early hours of the morning as this was cheaper and the roads on each side would be less busy. On or way their we caught the 2am Ferry and the way back it was the midnight ferry. There were not many people thereforth catching the same as we did...

blackmagicstar4 03.07.2008 · Read review
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Orkney Ferries - Not just a way of getting from A to B

Advantages: Helpful and friendly crews, clean vessels, wonderful views of the islands, excellent bacon rolls!
Disadvantages: None really, they're the only way to reach some of the islands.

..., even though I was only travelling back to Tingwall ? there?s no further cost and it is never full for this extra run. The main lounge on the ferry resembles that on MV Shapinsay, as do the outside observation decks. The South Isles ? Hoy, Flotta and Graemsay The small harbour at Houton ? the site of a WW1 flying boat station ? is the main focus for ferry services to Hoy, and the only way to get to Flotta (pronounced ?Flawta?). The usual method of transport is the MV Hoy Head, a roll-on, roll-off ferry which carries up to 18 cars and 128 passengers. A much smaller boat than the ?Earls? or Varagen, she has two passenger lounges below the car deck (with no windows) and two open-air observation decks that run along the length of the ferry above both sides. Happily, though, the trip from Houton across Scapa Flow to Lyness on Hoy only...

graeme10 03.04.2009 (04.04.2009) · Read review
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Pentland Ferries - the cheap and cheerful way to get to Orkney

Advantages: The cheapest and quickest way to get to Orkney by car, modern vessel, wonderful scenery en route.
Disadvantages: Gills Bay terminal is a bit of an eyesore at the moment and the toilets there are a mess.

...Ciao Review ? Pentland Ferries The cheap and cheerful way to reach Orkney by car or on foot For many years, the most popular way to reach Orkney (and prior to 2001, the only way via car) was via P&O Ferries? service from Scrabster (a couple of miles outside Thurso) across to Stromness. Even today it remains probably the most utilised ferry, now operated by Northlink, which is owned by David MacBrayne Ltd., which also owns the more famous Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) ferry company. Northlink receives yearly subsidies to run this lifeline service to Orkney, yet from 2001 the Scrabster-Stromness service has had competition in the shape of a small, local family-run outfit, which offered a shorter and cheaper ferry crossing, albeit using older vessels ? and one that does not receive any financial help whatsoever from the Government...

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The Star Ferry

Advantages: Fun, unusual method of transport nowadays
Disadvantages: Only lasts 15 minutes!

...The Star ferry is the iconic ferry service betwen Kowloon and Hong Kong island and has been ferrying passengers back and forth now for well over a century. The ferry line actually has four routes although the most famous and commonly used one, and the one most people mean when they talk about the 'Star ferry' is from tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon to Central, Hong Kong. The price is HK$2.3/1.8 upper/lower deck (£1 currently is around HK$12) so an extremely cheap way to get out into the water of Hong Kong. Boats depart at least every 15-20 minutes so you can turn up at the pier without having to look up departure times in advance and the crossings take only around 15 minutes. There are now other ways to get across to Hong Kong island such as the metro which may be more convenient for regular commuters, however, as a tourist it means you are not...

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Ferris Coach Holiday review

Advantages: No flying, Cheap
Disadvantages: Long journey, limited destinations

...station stop for 15 mins and then back on the road. 19:00 Stop to collect drivers who have had their nap from outward drops at the ?Motel-le-marguerittes?. English drivers Wally and Andrew. 20:15 Service stop for 45 mins at Motellimar. 00:30 Fuel stop Dijon Services, again multiple Ferris coaches stop here. Most people are asleep, some get off trying hard to make sure they don?t get back on wrong coach!!. 04:00 Change driver and its pouring down with rain. A little disturbed through the night only cat napping. 06:45 Arrived Tunnel but unfortunately we are unable to get on until scheduled departure of 08:20. Boring time, 30 mins in departure areas, then through to customs and eventually boarding. 08:55 Arrived UK and began drop off in Folkestone for self drivers. Change to UK time -1 Hour 08:40 Stopped at Maidstone...

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GGGooo Gosport Ferry

Advantages: Fast efficient service
Disadvantages: May be choppy in bad weather

...Portsmouth Harbour cruises. Advanced Bookings and Enquiries: Contact them at www.gosportferry.co.uk or email at admin@gosportferry.co.uk Gosport Ferry Ltd., South Street, Gosport, Hampshire. PO12 1EP. Tel: 02392524551 For people who have limited mobility tickets are availble from Lucketts, Gosport Bus Station. * You need to arrive half hour before trip is due to depart * All cheques to be made payable to Gosport Ferry Ltd * The ferry has disabled access and disabled toilets (also toilets on upper level. * Check availability before travelling * All timings approximate * Schedules subject to change in bad weather Other cruises available: Throughout June, July, August and September there are summer cruises available throughout the week. These cruises are named as the Queen Mary II, Three Rivers Cruise, Cowes Day Trip...

ailuj34 09.08.2007 · Read review
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Not just a Ferry cross the Mersey

Advantages: great views, educational
Disadvantages: not good in bad weather

...and lasts for about 5 minutes. If you visit the spacepport between now and 4th January 2007 you will be in for a treat as Spaceport are currently hosting a Doctor Who exhibition which includes costumes from the last series with David tennat including a Dalek amoungst others. Here you can also sit and watch episodes for Dr Who and there is no restrictions on taking photos. The spaceport also has a small gift shop which sells what you would expect - mostly space themed. You also collect your DVD from the gift shop. Where to find the ferry teminals Pier Head Ferry Terminal [Liverpool] Mersey Ferries, Pier Head, Georges Parade, Liverpool L3 1DR Telephone: 0151 227 2660 Fax: 0151 236 2298 Transport links - by train - nearest station is James Street in Liverpool - nearest mainline station is Liverpool Lime street By car...

Julieshobs 22.10.2006 (30.10.2006) · Read review
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Ferris Holidays Review

Advantages: Cheap holiday to the sun
Disadvantages: Coach journey may be too long - but what do you expect going on a coach?

...I recently - a few months ago - wrote a review about Ferris Coach Holidays. Some things about the journey have changed that could effect some peoples thoughts about wanting to go with Ferris. Journey there: OK as usual, you will get picked up at your selected pick-up-point and then you might experience extra pick-up-points to pick up more customers. Normally, during peak times, the coach will be full but sometimes it's not always full. Once the crew have picked up all their customers you will make the journey down to Folkestone to catch the EuroTunnel crossing to Calais - normally making one scheduled stop at services prior to the EuroTunnel crossing - (Ferris don't use the Ferry crossing due to rising costs and they find the EuroTunnel cheaper and reduces travelling times). The EuroTunnel crossing takes around 25-35 minutes...

KevinMMM 05.05.2008 (24.08.2008) · Read review
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